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BeauHDon Wednesday April 25, 2018 @06:40PM
from the leaky-faucet dept.

lod123 shares a report from Threatpost: A leaky Mongo database exposed personal information, including scanned passports and driver's licenses, of 25,000 investors and potential investors tied to the Bezop cryptocurrency, according to researchers. Kromtech Security said that it found the unprotected data on March 30, adding that it included a treasure-trove of information ranging from "full names, (street) addresses, email addresses, encrypted passwords, wallet information, along with links to scanned passports, driver's licenses and other IDs," according to the researchers. Kromtech researchers, in their overview of the results of its investigation, said that Bezop.io, the organization behind the currency, immediately secured the data after being notified. Bezop is one of over 1,000 cryptocurrencies in a crowded playing field vying for investor attention. According to Kromtech, the list of 25,000 people included both current and prospective investors promised Bezop cryptocurrency in exchange for promoting the cryptocurrency on social media.

The fact that the MongoDB Database was unsecured means that the admin(s) didn't know what they were doing. What's really worrying is that there's 25K people out there willing to provide very sensitive information in exchange of a promise, which is very likely to be as empty as my bank account.I was interested in investing a very small amount of money into an ICO a few months ago. When I saw what they were asking me to provide I laughed, turned around and dropped the deal.

If so-called cryptocurrencies are really good innovation, why they attract so many criminals/criminal activity?Could it really be because, all cryptocurrencies themselves are scams, and that is why they attract all kinds of criminals/criminal activity?

You could say that about any currency. Replace crypto currency with USD in that sentence. Criminals are attracted to money. Cash is just as if not more so anonymous than most cryptocurrencys. Criminals love cash!

I know people with mining farms, data center sized. They all pay taxes because that's a lot of money to end up losing otherwise. Which if you noticed right after tax time all coins prices started to go up again. I believe its artificially inflated around tax season as to not have to pay so much on gains. But that's just my tin foil hat theory.

What kind of fool would give that up to invest in an "anonymous" currency? The mind boggles....

A greedy fool. I kind of feel sorry for these people they're all being ripped off. I don't know what it is about people that have scam screamed at them, ignore the warning and continue. Ok I do, they're fucking morons.

Ok - the previous 4 comments, and usually all that relate to cryptocurrency on/., are negative and/or pessimistic.
Just an open "Ask Slashdot" since there aren't that many posts here for everyone: "Does everyone here really think BitCoin, Ethereum or Ripple are that bad?"

I have some of all of them, and obviously the sketchier ones (like bezop) are riskier, it seems like the ones above are destined for something, maybe not in the next couple of months, but certainly the next decade.